12 Apr '10 10:17>
Originally posted by Conrau KI will offer a last note regarding this matter: Alexandrine Koine Greek is a variation of Attican Koine Greek promoted by king Philippos II as the official language of Macedonia. And Attican Koine Greek is a simplified variation of AtticoIonian. Koine Greek (or metaclassical Greek) is consisting of two branches (Alexandrine and Hellinistic) and starts during the second half of the 4th century BC at the years of Alexander, and it is terminated either in 330AD or during the 6th century AD according to specific criteria respectively. NT is written in Alexandrine Koine Greek.
[b]AtticoIonian and Koine are different horses, and the rider in both cases should better be careful
I agree. Can I ask, did you get these quotes from the internet? If so, could you provide the link? It is difficult for me to read them transliterated.[/b]
Our knowledge regarding the Alexandrine Koine Greek is based mainly on the study of the texts of the Bible and of non-philological papyrus. Many aspects of this dialect were used by Polyvios and Diodorus amongst else, and even by the philosopher Epiktitos the Phrygian (Diatrivai 3.26.22), because by that time they were well incorporated in the lingua franca of that era. Finally, Conrau X, you are aware of the fact that in the NT we see also the word “xylon” as a synonymof “stauros” the way it is used in Alexandrine Koine Greek -check Acts 5,30: (…kremasantes epi xylou).
Generally, it is acceptable that some decades after Jesus’ crucifixion “stauros” (Alexandrine Koine Greek) became synonym to the contemporary Latin “crux” (the Roman instrument of death), although the primal meaning/ definition of the Latin “crux” is exactly the same as of the AtticoIonian “stauros” (pole)! But if we accept that this is true, then why the early Christians prefered to use a (+) instead of the real thing, which it is supposed to be a T-shaped cross? Why they decided not to use the T-shape cross as the sign of the crucifixtion of Jesus and as a symbol of the Christian religion whilst in the case of, say, Andrew, they honoured the saint by means of using the X-shaped cross that was used for his crucifixion?
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